Ice-cream scoop



April 16, 1929. An-KEN l1,708,923

ICE CREAM SCOOP Filed May 19, 1925 Patented Apr. 16, 1929.

UNITED STATES MALCOLM AITKEN, or STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

Ien-CREAM scoor.

Application filed May 19, 1925. Serial No. 31,271.

My invention relates to ice cream scoops which are designed to ladle or dip out cream in prescribed quantities.

Its main object is to provide an implement which, on one thrust into a bulk container, can scoop out 4the particular measure of cream for which it isadapted, and then discharge it into a suitable receptacle by what is practically a single operation.

Another object ot' the invention is to turnish a means 'for supplying cream with a minimum oit' handling, andso` promote the sanitary dispensing ot the same.

ther objects are to economize the time noiv taken up by the use of the old methods of serving, and to reduce the waste of cream incidental thereto.

In the drawings accompanying this specification, and forming part hereof, I have shown a preferred embodiment ot my invention, althoughI do not limit myself to the enact construction shown. My invention will be readily understood by referenceto these drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective View of my improved scoop;

` Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same inserted in the open end olE a container, the latter being shown in dot and dash lines; and

Figure 3 illustatcs, in Vsection, a ineditication oit my invention.

Similar numerals of Vreference indicate like parts in the ditferent ligures.

Referring to Figs. l and 2 of the drawings, l indicates a circular scoop. Attached to its sides are upright members 2,providcd with guideways 3. Fitting snugly into the top et the scoop is a plunger 1l, to which is attached plunger rod 5, the latter being connected to plunger bar 6. The circumference of the plunger is substantially the same as that ot the inside el the scoop so as to form a close contact therewith but be freely slid able therein. The rod '5 is connected to the plunger in any Way desired, the connection illustrated herein being by hub 7 and pin 8. The bar 6 has extensions lWhich reach into guidevvays 3, the heads 9 of which are en larged to prevent their slipping through the same. 10 is a handle of any suitable construction, and l1 indicates a circular container ot the ordinary and Well known type in common use for carrying cream and the like. Near the base of the cylinder or scoop l I preferably attach a small triangular piece of meti l. Then the cream is being forced out of the cyhnderthis member l makes an opening along the side `of the cream which forms an exit passage for the air in the container so that the cream will fall into the same more quickly.

In constructing my improved scoop in the Way described above, I have found it advantageous to carry the members 2 down to Within about hall. en inch ot the loiver open end oit the scoop, so that their extremities, jutting out slightly 'from the body thereof, will torni stops 2', the purpose ot' which is described hereinafter.

In Fig. 3 is shown a modiication of my device Which has to do only with a substitute for the stops 2. In this figure the numeral l2 indicates a band or ring, which is spot-Welded to the scoop l, or atiixed thereto in some other Way Like the stops 2 it is located Within abouthalt an inch oit the bottom of the plunger, and, when it takes the place of the said stops, the members 2 need not be carried beyond the middle of the scoop, or even so far.

In use my scoop is taken in one hand. grasped by the handle and plunger bar, and thrust inte the cream in bulk; The thin Walls of the scoop cleave the mass withoi'lt any `perceptible pressure, and can be in stantly Witlidrawn with its full contained quotao'l cream. Its open yend is then placed Within a standard container oit the proper measure, the stops 2', or the ring l2, as the case may be, resting on the edge of the container; the handle is released, tivo or three fingers placed on top of the plunger bar, Which, beingjtorceifl downward along the guidoways, depresses the plunger, causing thelatter to discharge its contents into the container.

VMy Vdevice is preferably constructed oit metal, and can be made in standard sizes of say from a pint or haltl a pint up.

An important feature of my device is the provision ot a seat,-tormed either by the stops 2 or the ring or band 12,-Which rests 'on the edge of the container When the scoop is about to be treed of its contents. This seat gives to the scoop the stability needed to enable the emptying operation to be performed with certainty and by one hand. Lacking this, it would be necessary to hold the scoop suspended over a container with one hand, and with the other torce the plunger downward, this method fbeing attended' with 'l the risk of upsetting the'eontainer and perhaps losing the cream to the vexact constructionV described and illustrated herein, as various changes in detailmay be made therein without depart- .ing from the spirit of-the invention or the scope 'of the claimsappended hereto.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patents is:

1. In a device for servmg ice-cream, a scoop, upright slotted members aixed to said scoop, the upper part of which members extends above the scoop, their lower ends terminating shortof the end of the scoop and'proiectin'g slightly therefrom to form rests, avplunger, arod connected to the plunger, and a bar connecting said rod and guide members, the depression of the bar `,along vthe slotted guide members :causing the plungerl to :move through the scoop to ldischarge the contents'thereof, substantially as described.

y 2. In a device for serving ice-cream, a scoop, a member projecting from the interior ofthe scooprrnear thebase thereof, upright slotted members afiixed to said scoop, the

upper part of `which members extends above the scoop, their lower ends terminating short of the end of the scoop and projecting slightly therefrom to form rests, a plunger, a rod connected tothe plunger, and a bar connecting said rod and guide members, the depression of the bar alon the slotted guide members causing the p unger to move through the scoop to discharge the contents thereof, substantially as described.

3. In a device for serving ice-cream, a scoop, upright members attached to said scoop, said members having elongated slots, a plunger, a rod and bar connected to the plunger, the bar having headed extensions movable in said slots, and the lower extremities of the upright members terminating short of the end of the scoop and projecting slightly from the sides thereof to form rests, the whole being constructed and combined so that the depression of the bar along the said slots will cause the plunger to discharge the contents of the scoop into a receptacle contacting with said rests, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4 In a device for serving ice-cream, n scoop, upright members attached to said scoop, said members having elongated slots a member projecting from the interior of the scoop near the base thereof, a plunger, a rod and bar connected to the plunger, the bar having headed extensions movable in said slots, and the lower extremities of the upright members terminating short of the end of the scoop and projecting slightly from the sides thereof to lform rests, the whole being constructed and combined so that the depression of the bar along the said slots will cause the plunger to discharge the contents of the scoop into a receptacle contacting with said rests, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

MALCOLM AITKEN. 

